Price Creek Local Fauna (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as CO082

Where: Columbia County, Florida (30.2° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Statenville Formation, Early/Lower Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162456: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp.
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo mayumbensis, "Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp.
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp., Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus signatus, Negaprion brevirostris, Physogaleus contortus
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus signatus requiem shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon